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Downloading OT2013 to External Hard drive
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Downloading OT2013 to External Hard drive
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Last Activity 9/16/2017 11:23 AM 6 replies, 1428 viewings |
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Frank K Veteran   Posts: 296 Joined: 5/31/2010 Location: New York  User Profile |
Would like to know if this would be possible to download OT 2013 to a external hard drive. So when I travel able to use OT2013. Thank You | ||
| Barry Cohen Sage   Posts: 6338 Joined: 1/19/2004 User Profile |
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| Jim Dean Sage  Posts: 3022 Joined: 9/21/2006 Location: L'ville, GA User Profile |
However - note that you *might* need to purchase an additional copy of Windows and keep it up to date, plus antivirus, for that drive. Also note that the access time via a USB port will likely be a bit slower (unless full 3.0 support and an SSD drive). Summary - it's do-able but not trivial. [Edited by Jim Dean on 10/25/2013 10:14 AM] | ||
| Frank K Veteran Posts: 296 Joined: 5/31/2010 Location: New York User Profile |
Thank You for your assistance. | ||
| Jim Dean Sage Posts: 3022 Joined: 9/21/2006 Location: L'ville, GA User Profile |
If you install OT on both machines, you can create a "batch" file that copies the user-related folders from the C drive of your most recently used machine into the external drive (or for that matter, a USB stick), then a similar batch file to copy those folders from the USB to the other machine. However - you must be very careful to select all the related folders and files that fully define your environment, profiles, strategies, etc etc - non trivial. An easier way is to simply copy the entire OT20xx folder, even though that takes longer. You can do that with Explorer and no batch file is needed. The only gotcha is that when you delete files (such as a chart template or profile, etc) from machine A, then transfer the full environment to USB and to machine B, the deleted files will "reappear" unless you wipe the target drive first. It's messy. I have done it plenty of times but you have to be very careful and very thorough. I truly wish that Nirvana would provide for ALL user-related files to be optionally stored on a different drive. It would allow us to do tighter, more disciplined backups, and would also make the thing you are trying to do, to be quite simple. | ||
| Frank K Veteran Posts: 296 Joined: 5/31/2010 Location: New York User Profile |
Thanks again, I think it would be better if I just take my laptop with me this would probably be easier. I figured if i can just take a portabke drive around would be less bulky to carry around. Thanks | ||
| JamesR Veteran Posts: 216 Joined: 10/4/2008 Location: Gloucestershire, England, UK User Profile |
Works for me!! |
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